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(ALTERED TETRAHEDRITE) Arequipite

(ALTERED TETRAHEDRITE) Arequipite

Mineral Name Chemical Lustre Flotation Chemistry Formula

Antimony

Animikite Antimonian Silver Yes Ammiolite (Altered (Sb,Hg,Te,Cu,SiO2) Earthy powder No Tetrahedrite) Arequipite (Pb, Sb SiO2) Waxy No

Arsenstibite SbAs(H 2O) No

Arsenostibite SbAs(H 2O).Fe2O3 No

Atopite (vary of Ca 2Sb 2O7 or No - In HSC Romeite) 2Ca0.Sb 2O5 (+Fe,Mn,) Thermodynamic DataBase Aurostibite AuSb2 Metallic Yes Barcenite Hg SbO4 No

Basiliite Mn, SbO4 No

Berthierite FeSb 2S4 (FeS,Sb 2S3) Metallic ?? No

Bindheimite Pb 2Sb 2O6 (O, OH) Resinous, Dull, No Earthy

Boulangerite Pb 5Sb 4S11 Metallic No

Bournonite PbCuSbS 3 Brilliant to Dull Yes

Breithauptite NiSb Metallic Yes

Catoptrite 14(Mn,Mg,Fe)O.2(Al No ,Fe)2O3.Sb2O5.2SiO 2

Cervantite Sb 2O4 Vitreous -Pearly No - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase

Chalcostibite CuSbS 2 Metallic Yes

Chanarcillite Arsenical silver ??? Coronguite Pb, Ag, SbO4 No

Corynite or (Ni,Fe,Co)(Sb,As)S Poss Korynite Derbylite Fe6Ti6Sb2O23 No Diaphorite Pb2Ag3Sb3S8 Metallic Poss Durfeldtite Pb(Ag,Cu,Fe)MnSb2 Metallic No

S6)

Dyscrasite Ag 3Sb Metallic Yes

Famatinite Cu 3SbS 4 Dull Metalic Yes

Ferrostibian

Flajolotite FeSbO4.3/4 H2O No Franckeite Pb5Sn3Sb2S14 Metallic Poss

Freieslebenite AgPbSbS 3 Metallic Yes

Fuloppite Pb 3Sb 8S15 Metallic Yes

Gudmundite FeSbS Metallic Yes

Guejarite or Chalcostibite Hematostibnite Fe, Mn, SbO4 sub -metallis No

Jamesonite Pb 4FeSb 6S14 Metallic Yes

Kermesite Sb 2S2O Adamantine No

Kobellite Cu 2Pb 10 (Bi, Sb) 16 S35 Metallic Poss Lewisite Variation of Romeite

Livingstonite HgSb 4S8 Adamantine Yes

Magnetostibian Fe, Mn, SbO4 No Manganostibnite Greasy No

Melanostibian (Mn,Fe)6(SbO3)2O3 No

Meneghinite Pb 13 CuSb 7S24 Bright Metallic Poss

Miargyrite AgSbS 2 Metalic Yes Adamantine

Monimolite (Pb, Ca) 3Sb 2O8(?) Adamantine No Greasy

Nadorite PbSb 3+O 2Cl Resinous to No Adamantine Native Sb Metallic Yes

Plagionite Pb 5Sb 8S17 Metallic Poss

Plumbostannite Pb2Fe2Sn2Sb2S11 Yes (Frankeite)

Polybasite (Ag, Cu) 16 Sb 2S11 Metallic Yes

Pyrargyrite Ag 3SbS 3 Adamantine Yes Rivotite Cu Ag Sb CO3 No

Romeite (Ca, Fe 2+ ,Mn 2+ , Vitreous, No

Na) 2(Sb, Greasy, Ti) 2O6(O,OH, F) Subadamantine Sarawakite Schafarzikite Fe5Sb4O11 No Schneebergite Variation of Romeite

Semseyite Pb 9Sb 8S21 Metallic, Poss Tarnishes Dull

Senarmontite Sb 2O3 Resinous - No - In HSC Subadamantine Thermodynamic DataBase

Stephanite Ag 5SbS 4 Metallic Yes

Stibarsen SbAs 3 Metallic Yes Stibioferrite Fe2O3.Sb2O5.H2O.Si Resinous No O2 Stibianite Variation of Stibnite

Stibnite Sb 2S3 Metallic Yes - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase Swedenborgite NaBe4SbO7 No

Taznite Bi, AsO4,SbO4 No Tetrahedrite (Cu, Fe,Ag, Metallic Yes

Zn) 12 Sb 4S13 Tripuhyite Fe2Sb2O7 ? No Ullmanite NiSbS Metallic Yes

Valentinite Sb 2O3 Adamantine No - In HSC Thermodynamic DataBase Weslienite Variation of Romeite

Zinkenite Pb 9Sb 22 S42 Metallic Yes

Arsenic Minerals

Arsenopyrite FeAsS Metallic

Gersdorffite NiAsS Metallic

Enargite Cu 3AsS 4 Metallic, Dull

Realgar As 4S4 or AsS Resinous

Orpiment As 2S3 Resinous, Pearly

Arsennolite As 2O3 Vitreous, Silky

Other Associated Minerals

Chalcopyrite CuFeS 2 Metallic

Pyrite FeS 2 Metallic, Splendent

Pentlandite (FeNi) 9S8 Metallic Covelite CuS Submetallic

Pyrrhotite Fe 1-xS Metallic

Galena PbS Metallic

Sphalerite (Zn, Fe)S Resinous, Adamantine Cinnabar HgS Adamantine

Common Gangue

Quartz SiO 2 Vitreous

Dolomite CaMg(CO 3)2 Vitreous, Pearly

Magnesite MgCO 3 Vitreous

Muscovite KAl 2( Si 3Al)O 10 (OH,F) 2 Vitreous, Pearly, Silky

Chlorite (Mg,Al,FE) 12 (Si,Al) 8O2 (OH) 16

Talc Mg 3Si 4O10 (OH) 2 Vitreous, Pearly, Dull